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Psalms 119:113
113I hate hypocrites, but I love your Law.
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Context of Psalms 119:113
111Your laws will always be with me. They make me happy deep inside. 112I have decided to obey your commands always, until the end of my life. I hate hypocrites, but I love your Law. 114You are the safe place where I can hide. You keep me safe like a soldier's shield. I know that I can trust your word. 115Go away from me, you evil people! I will obey my God's commands.
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סֵעֲפִ֥ים שָׂנֵ֑אתִי וְֽתוֹרָתְךָ֥ אָהָֽבְתִּי׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Psalms 119:113
- Psalms 94:11The Lord knows what people think. He knows that their thoughts are empty.
- Isaiah 55:7Wicked people need to change the way that they live. Evil people must stop thinking their evil thoughts. They must turn back to the Lord our God, because he will be kind to them. Yes, God will completely forgive them, if they turn back to him.
- Jeremiah 4:14People of Jerusalem, remove the evil things from your lives. Then the Lord may save you. Do not continue to have wicked ideas.
- Mark 7:21Evil thoughts come out from people's minds. As a result they do wrong things. They have sex in wrong ways. They rob people. They murder people.
- 2 Corinthians 10:5People may speak proud ideas that stop other people from knowing God. We show that those ideas are completely wrong. We change the way that people think, so that they want to obey Christ.
- Psalms 119:97I love your Law very much. I think about it all the time.
Commentaries on Psalms 119:113
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 113I hate vain thoughts - I have hated סעפים seaphim, "tumultuous, violent men." I abominate all mobs and insurrections, and troublers of the public peace.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 113I hate vain thoughts - This commences a new portion of the psalm, distinguished by the Hebrew letter Samech (ס s ), answering to our “s.” The word rendered “vain thoughts” occurs only in this place. It is rendered by the Septuagint, ́ paranomous - transgressors. So the Latin Vulgate. Luther renders it “die Flattergeister,” the frivolous-minded. The word means divided; a man of a divided mind; a man who has no sure faith in regard to divine things, but is…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 113-120Verses 113-120 Here is a dread of the risings of sin, and the first beginnings of it. The more we love the law of God, the more watchful we shall be, lest vain thoughts draw us from what we love. Would we make progress in keeping God's commands, we must be separate from evil-doers. The believer could not live without the grace of God; but, supported by his hand, his spiritual life shall be maintained. Our holy security is grounded on Divine supports. All…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 113The godly hate the wicked and their actions (Psalm 5:4–6; compare Ezekiel 33:11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 113113. vain thoughts--better, "unstable persons," literally, "divided men," those of a divided, doubting mind (Jas 1:8); "a double-minded man" [Hengstenberg], skeptics, or, skeptical notions as opposed to the certainty of God's word.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Psalms 119
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- The Treasury of David
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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